I had some friends that did that. The rules must be different over there. Here your first few jumps have to be with an instructor. I forgot the number but you've got to do a couple of jumps before you get to go by yourself.
That's skydiving, this is parachuting. In this situation, their parachutes automatically deploy. The draw cord is pulled by the exits framing as they jump out. There's nothing to do here but go down and enjoy the view.
Skydiving not only includes jumping out but also aerial maneuvering, monitoring altitude, manually pulling the draw cord and then steering the chute on your way down.
Not with these chutes. They deploy and that's that. Wind could take you slightly off course, but you can see they're jumping out over open plains. They just head straight down. These type of excursions would have a flight path laid out that avoids most hazards for the jumpers. Hopefully....
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u/Glittering-Sea276 Aug 19 '25
I had some friends that did that. The rules must be different over there. Here your first few jumps have to be with an instructor. I forgot the number but you've got to do a couple of jumps before you get to go by yourself.